CFR > Title 25 - Indians > CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER N—ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES (parts 286 to 293) > PART 292—GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988 > SUBPART B—Exceptions to Prohibitions on Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (§292.3 to §292.12) > 292.8—How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?

292.8—How does a tribe qualify as having been federally recognized?

For a tribe to qualify as having been at one time federally recognized for purposes of § 292.7, one of the following must be true:
(a) The United States at one time entered into treaty negotiations with the tribe;
(b) The Department determined that the tribe could organize under the Indian Reorganization Act or the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act;
(c) Congress enacted legislation specific to, or naming, the tribe indicating that a government-to-government relationship existed;
(d) The United States at one time acquired land for the tribe's benefit; or
(e) Some other evidence demonstrates the existence of a government-to-government relationship between the tribe and the United States.